1.30.2008

flight of the conchords! i think they're great because in addition to being a good show, they're actually really good musicians. i might have posted this last semester for different reasons, but this is my favorite music video. they reference a bunch of classic 60's cinema, but i like it for the color mostly.

There was one of these over the summer. I, like hundreds of other people, didn't get my entries submitted because they had a problematic submission/registration process. Now, they're doing another.Yay.

1.26.2008

1.25.2008

i realy like this video because the animation is simple, but it looks really well done. i think it lends itself to the song which is also simple. and i've come to realize that i'm drawn towards this cartoon/"kindergarden" aesthetic. especially things that look childlike, but are really about something else. something about innocence in hindsight.

1.23.2008

Stereolab is one of my favorite bands and Brakhage is a Founding Father. (Rick studied under Brakhage). What better choice?

Love,Seth

P.S. Talking Heads - Burning Down the Househttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st1lH8zcIuQThis Talking Heads video and, especially, song left a big impression on me back in 1983. I was 6. I remember sitting with my tape recorder listening to the radio for hours waiting for 'Burning Down the House' to come on so I could record it. And seeing the video blew my mind.

I love the way this documentary was edited, and the overall feel of it visually..(it's very gentle editing, and it makes it easy to watch) I think it really shows Pearl Jams progression artistically... It's a real look into there creative process, which i enjoy very much... the documentary is about an hour long, this is just a taste of it...

This gets me so nostalgic. What I like best about the video: That it sets out to capture suburban teenage listlessness (not exactly the most sensational music video topic).The toilet paper shot is priceless.

1.20.2008

1.18.2008

Bobby Fischer, the iconoclastic genius who was one of the greatest chess players the world has ever seen, has died, a close family friend, Gardar Sverrisson, confirmed Friday. He was 64 and died on Thursday in a hospital in Reykjavík, Iceland. No cause of death was given but he had suffered for some time from an unspecified illness.

Jan Svankmajer, a master of early stop animation, this is the breakfast, lunch, and dinner series, he's got a few dvds out full of shorts also, and his first feature film 'little otik' find it in the cult section (probably) here's the trailer:

1.14.2008

January 14, 2008New TubeLike it or not, the "blue chip" art world is far too often focused on events in New York City, Venice, or the locale of the art fair du jour. Enter New Art TV , an online "channel" that provides contemporary art content to the web. Creator Robert Knafo, who used to be a writer and editor of various art and culture magazines such as Slate, Art in America and GQ, was also the brains behind another online art project Studio Visit. Launched this past summer, New Art TV is host to numerous mini-documentaries (5 to 15 minutes) including interviews with artists, curators, and collectors, exhibition walk-throughs-- notably a few from the 2007 Venice Biennale-- and documentation of several performances. A wide range of artists are represented, including Bryan Zanisnik, William Anastasi, Richard Serra and Dana Schutz, to name a few. Media art is covered here somewhat proportionally to its! presence within contemporary art: currently marginal but growing. For example, New Art TV conducted an extensive interview with multi-media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, who has mounted evocative works that combine light, video and surveillance technologies, during his installation at the Mexican Pavillion in Venice, as well as a profile of the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery at Scope Art Fair in Miami which focuses on new media art in the art fair context. Of course, this isn't the only online channel that seeks to capture contemporary art. Vernissage TV , for one, has provided coverage with a great degree of success for the past few years. Despite the slant towards the blue chip art work and the lack of contextual information which might aid those unfamiliar with the subject matter, New Art TV is a strong entrée into a group of online art vlogs that are connecting those without geographic or VIP access to contemporary art. Let's hope as the cov! erage and audience for contemporary art expand, so will its bo! undaries . -- Caitlin Joneshttp://www.newarttv.com

If you want to do a set up and use special effects,what about something like this?(Translation on the bottom)

"what is this?nose?why is there a nose here?"(the guy goes into the nose and then...)

"Ouch~!""What the heck are you doing?""It's(=my leg is) broke!""You need to pay me for damage." (I'm not sure about this part)"I'm sorry.I wonder if this is covered by my insurance."(and then the narration says, "Yes, we do cover it so and so on...")

1.11.2008

The Buddy System"Kindercore guy Ryan Lewis (ex-Agenda, Four Corners) heads up The Buddy System, a new band that debuted last month with projected animation to go along with the gently grooving indie-pop tunes." Also playing: We Versus the Shark, Contraband. At the Georgia Theater.

1.07.2008

this company uses high def video projections to make 3d live performances. they did the gorillaz live mtv performance and it rocks. I think it would be awesome to use this technology for an art project!